Expert welcomes Burswood stadium transport plan

Professor of Sustainability Peter Newman says the Government's blueprint makes the best of a bad site.

Supplied: State Government

A sustainability expert says it is entirely feasible to get 83 per cent of spectators to and from Perth's new sports stadium at Burswood on public transport.

The State Government has released its transport blueprint for the venue, which includes a six platform train station, a facility for up to 20 buses at a time and a pedestrian bridge over the Swan River.

The $340 million plan allows for 1,000 car bays.

Professor of Sustainability at Perth's Curtin University, Peter Newman, does not favour the Burswood site for the stadium but says the transport plan deserves credit.

"It is a recognition that we have grown up as a city and can manage big crowds without having big traffic jams as the only way to get there," Professor Newman said.

He says the Government's blueprint makes the best of a bad site.

"If you're going to get 50 to 60 thousand people going to a game, you'd want them to stick around and help to activate the urban area around it but there's not a lot else there."

Professor Newman says Subiaco - or even Cockburn Central - would have been a better option.